Psalms 124:7

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Psalms 124:7


← Psalms 124:6 Psalms 124:7 (KJV) Psalms 124:8 →
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Our soulH5315 is escapedH4422 as a birdH6833 out of the snareH6341 of the fowlersH3369: the snareH6341 is brokenH7665, and we are escapedH4422.


Original Hebrew

נַפְשֵׁנוּ כְּצִפֹּור נִמְלְטָה מִפַּח יֹוקְשִׁים הַפַּח נִשְׁבָּר וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִמְלָטְנוּ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
נַפְשֵׁ֗/נוּ
naf.She./nu H5315 HNcbsc/Sp1cp self/ our
כְּ/צִפּ֥וֹר
ke./tzi.Por H6833 HR/Ncbsa like/ a bird
נִמְלְטָה֮
nim.le.Tah H4422 HVNp3fs it has escaped
מִ/פַּ֪ח
mi./Pach H6341 HR/Ncmsc from/ a snare of
י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים
yok.Shim H3369 HVqrmpa fowlers
הַ/פַּ֥ח
ha./Pach H6341 HTd/Ncmsa the/ snare
נִשְׁבָּ֗ר
nish.Bar H7665 HVNrmsa (has been) broken
וַ/אֲנַ֥חְנוּ
va./'a.Nach.nu H587 HC/Pp1cp and/ we
נִמְלָֽטְנוּ
nim.La.te.nu H4422 HVNp1cp we have escaped
Strong's References
  • H3369 — יָקֹשׁ (yâqôsh, yaw-koshe'): a primitive root; to ensnare (literally or figuratively); fowler (lay a) snare.
  • H4422 — מָלַט (mâlaṭ, maw-lat'): a primitive root; properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks; deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.
  • H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ (nâphash) H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  • H6341 — פַּח (pach, pakh): from פָּחַח (pâchach) H6351; a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina); gin, (thin) plate, snare.
  • H6833 — צִפּוֹר (tsippôwr, tsip-pore'): or צִפֹּר (tsippôr); from צָפַר (tsâphar) H6852; a little bird (as hopping); bird, fowl, sparrow.
  • H7665 — שָׁבַר (shâbar, shaw-bar'): a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר (sâbar) H7663).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H587 — אֲנַחְנוּ (ʼănachnûw, an-akh'-noo): apparently from אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy) H595; we; ourselves, us, we.
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